it is one more thing and we're still talking about baseball and this is the bobbleheads of jayson werth teddy roosevelt. mike is going to at the game. people are already facebooking him saying they'll be looking for him and the family there so have a good time but you were saying this is the best chance of a winning team in d.c. >> a lot of people is r saying this could be the -- are saying this could be the best team in d.c.. the caps barely making the playoffs. >> that's not decided yet. >> we know what the skins did and didn't do. >> we know what the wizards aren't able to do this season. >> you know and our aces coming back healthy. >> especially opening day next week. >> stephen strasburg opening day against -- it's going to be look pretty good. >> they've invested and hopefully it will pay off. >> you can't bring sunscreen as far as i know. >> last year i went and it was on september 11th anniversary. >> metal can containers. >> plastic? all right. you will need it today. lots of sunshine, i know it's cold there morning but a -- this morning but a beautiful afternoon. upper 60s an

jayson werth facing sanchez and going yard. his first home run of the season. nationals on top 2-0. top of the ninth, brad lidge on to close it out. he walked the first batter. now facing logan morrison. are you serious? a blown save. tied at 2 going to extras. bottom of the tenth, danny espinoza is the winning run on third. desmond on the plate and he delivers. the former national, bonifacio, going to try to come home to no avail. too late. nationals score the winning run. 3-2 is the final. they improve to 12-4 on the season. >>> in seattle, white sox at the mariners, chicago's philip umber, one out away from a perfect game. uh-oh, check swing but he goes around that's strike three. a.j. pierzynski, catcher throws down to first base. chicago wins 4-0 as umber throws the 21st perfect game in major league history, the first in almost two years. get this, this was his first career complete game. just happens to be a perfect one. >>> the wizards taking on the heat, riding a rare two-game winning streak, looking for something more rare this season than a northern hair hairy-nose womhair

bases loaded for jayson werth. he singles up the middle.a comes home with the game-winner. 2-1 the final. the nats are 6-2 to start the season. let's go to toronto. the orioles and the blue jays. seven home runs in this game. deep left field, turned out the lights. the orioles beat toronto 7-5. the big news out of redskins park is that london fletcher has come to terms on a new contract with the redskins. london made the announcement on his twitter account saying the capt. is back. that is great news for washington. another edition of the wizard's embarrassing themselves, losing to the knicks by 38 points. carmelo anthony hit a couple of buzzer beater is. the knicks had to have it and they took it. they beat the wizards. all eyes will be on the capital's and bruin's tomorrow afternoon, 3:00 is the game time for that series. the capitals need to find some offense. ovi needs to get into it. only one shot last night. boston was using him as a pinata. >> he is a star player in this league. he is quite out the battle for it. he has been dealing

bottom of the 13th, jayson werth earning that $100 million. coming up big. a walk off single.n in extras again this time with their back 2-1 the final. orioles north of the border facing the bluejays down one in the 8th. bases loaded. wilson bettame smacks a line drive up the middle. markakis comes in. birds beat the jays 7-5. wizards at the garden tonight taking on the knicks. i have to tell you guys, we scoured the entire came looking for offensive highlight and this is what we found. crawford to wall alley-oop. wizards lose by 38 points. 103-65. okay. tonight's high school game of the week, we head to colesville for a matchup on the diamond. mcgruter visiting blake. lots of great pitching tonight. zack racking up the strike outs. look at him go. the bats just as hot as the arm. an rbi single. blake loses 7-2. so baseball world good tonight. basketball 38 points. >>

jayson werth now facing sanchez. werth lines one to left. this keeps on going and going and going until it's out of the park. his first home run of the year. puts the nationals up 2-0. top of the ninth now. brad lidge on to close things out. he walked the first batter. now facing logan morrison and rut-row, this isn't good. two run shot to the upper deck. we're tied at two, going to extras. bottom of the tenth, espinoza and dez zi delivers. and bonifacio is going to try to come home. not enough arm. the nationals win it 3-2. they improve to 12-4. seems like every game it's a different guy stepping up. today, it was desmond's turn. >> i mean, he's a heck of a player. i know he early on had a bad rap. but he's a heck of an athlete. i compared him to, you know, when you get it all together, put it all together, like barry larkin. you can steal bases, hit one, two, three in the lineup. you're a run producer. on-base guy. he's got so much ability and got so much athletic energy. he's fun to watch. >> all right. men's lacrosse, dave urich and syra

jayson werth flies one to right. it falls. danny he's pie espinosa scores.ats win their fifth straight game, 4-1 to go to 7-2 on the season. >>> it's also again a good weekend so far for the orioles facing the jays in toronto. hit to right, this solo shot ties them up at 4. in the 9th, a runner on. this pitched crushed. a go ahead two-run homer. orioles win 6-4. they're 5-3 on the season. >>> d.c. united looking for their first win on the road. that ties it up at one. 80 second minute, a guy trying to fight his way back into the lineup. this will help his cause. let's get this. he scores the game-winner. united beats new england, the final 3-2. the re skips holding offseason workouts. doesn't sound terribly exciting. but with the drafting of rg3 in 12 days, there will be a buzz at redskins park next week. skins conditioning workouts begin on monday. it's the first time the team will be together since last season. having fletcher back in the pole will lighten the mood. the team will also be welcoming a few new faces in pierre garcon, josh morgan, williams. he

two on to deep right over jayson werth's head off the wall, one run scores. danny espinosa's throw home is in time but i can't hold on. astros score -- he can't hold on, astros score five in the first. ryan zimmerman connects for his first home run of the year, a three-run shot. nats within one, 5-4. top of the 6, pitchers bud norris, bases loaded. two runs come in. the nats fall to the astros 11- 4. >>> orioles defeated the white sox 5-3. i'm dave feldman. laura is back with more of the edge right after this.   >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. verizon 4g lte ? it'd be so easy to check facebook, send emails. and the screen is easier to read in sunlight ! the universe is practically telling me to get a smartphone. it's like, "lisa, it'd be super cool if you got a smartphone. also, i like your outfit." thanks universe, let's get me a lucid. come in and say hello to your new, easy to use smartphone. the lucid by lg for only $79.99. verizon. we go through them all the time. doors that mark the day's events.

bottom of the 9th, tied 3-3, daniel murphy facing rodriguez, two on, a base hit in front of jayson werthke baxter with the game winning run. nats beaten 4-3 and are now 2- 2. the mets are 4-0. >>> the orioles hosting the yankees, top of the 4th yankees lead 3-1. derek jeter to deep right, high off the wall, nick markakis with the relay. russell martin scores without a throw. the orioles fall to the yankees 6-2. >>> tonight the two worst teams in the entire nba got together, the wizards in charlotte facing the bobcats. washington won the previous two meetings but entered with a five-game losing streak. advantage? push. 1st half the wizards go to kevin seraphin who passes inside to james singleton for the duck. wizards in command by 15. later 1st half martin's long range jumper no good, but singleton there is for the follow. he had 18 off the bench. wizards were up by 20 at the half. 2nd half jordan crawford dives for the lay-in and foul, made the three-point play, crawford a team high 20. the wizards clobber the bobcats. if only they could play the bobcats every day, 113-85. >>> today the

and then jayson werth finally, finally picking up speed.hree for sphowr point after just getting his first hit last night. nats win 6-2. >>> the day didn't start with good news. mike moore suffered a set back in his return from last injury during his outing in harrisburg last night. he is out indefinitely. >>> the yankees and freddie garcia taking on the orioles. garcia was all over the place. here's one of five wild pitches by the yankee starter. right now, they are tied up at 4 in the top. >>> finally tonight, navy head coach decided to shake things up at spring practice instead of the usual warm scrups. they're doing a little danceoff. that's a good way to get warmed up. these men, of course, coach had to get in on the action, too. this guy has some good moves. >> teach me how to dougie. >> i'm not

adam laroche with a lazy pop and bad communication leads to jayson werth coming home. that was enough for gio gonzalez who did the rest of the work striking out former nat dustin maxwell in the 6th. this last batter of night travis buck. geohad eight strikeouts, allows just two hit and get a standing ovation from the home crowd. according to gio, the admiration is mutual. >> the nats fans do a great job keeping the confidence up. they're in the game every pitch every inning. so when that happens, what's the best you can do is try to give them what they want. i think we did that. at least we kept this game interesting and kept everybody on the edge of their seat and finished off with a win. >> at fox 5 we love ourselves some gio. drama in chicago, orioles clinging to the 3-2 lead, bottom 9th bases loaded. jim johnson gets the chop high off the plate. it's fielded. the strong throw just in the nick of time. orioles win 3-2. >>> when we return, the future status of one nicklas backstrom, will he be playing in game 4 or sitting because of disciplinary action? >>> welcome b

look at jayson werth, not tonight, buddy. we move on in extras. bottom 13 on friday the 13th, bases juiced for whether and he proves his worth -- for werth and he proves his worth driving one up the middle. the nats win in extra innings 2- 1 over the reds for the second straight day. >>> it was a home run derby tonight in toronto, the jays and os and this is robert andino and his first home run of the season putting the orioles in front of the blue jays 3-2 in the 4th inning, but the long balls kept coming. a combined seven home runs between the two teams, adam jones with his second of this young season. this one off the batter in center field, a home run tied at 4 in the 6th. move to the top of the 8th, o's down one, two on for wilson. up the middle he goes. that's nolan ryan. the birds take this one 7-5. >>> for the wizards it's all about small milestones and building for the future. yes, they have the second worst record in the league, but they entered tonight's game on their second two-game winning streak of the season. trying to make it three

jayson werth handled the offense in the 6-2 win. the nats now 3-2 on the season. look to take the series from the mets this afternoon. go, nats. >> let me clear my throat on this one. >>> the wizards won. yeah, for the second morning in a row. the wizards waking up winners. >> woohoo. >> washington took down the orlando magic 93-85. it was a career night for kevin serafin who scored a career-high 24 points and 13 rebounds. john wahl added 15 and 17 assists. only the second time this season the wizards have won back-to-back games. they try for win number 15 friday again the knicks. >> exciting. >> keep it going. >>> now 4:53. 41 degrees. another reason to put the phone down when you walk. coming up at 5:10, the scare one man got because he wasn't paying attention. >>> first, though, tightening restrictions on student loans. the changes one bank is making that could keep you from borrowing money from them. >>> plus, talk about a special last chance workout. how the first lady proves she has what it takes to survive a workout on "the biggest loser." >>> jpmorgan chas

gets away from jayson werth. a run comes in, and here comes the relay. we have a play at the plate. wilson ramos can't hold on to this one, though. and bogusevic ends um at third base. astros with three triples in the first inning. they take a 5-0 lead. bottom of the third. ryan zimmerman at the dish with two on. he doesn't have a home run all year. until now. big shot here. into the bullpen in left. and that's a three-run home run. the nationals right back in the game. they're down 5-4 now. fast-forward to the top of the sixth. it's a 7-4 game. bases pull for jose altuve. he uncorks on this one. that's not going to go out, but it's going to go pretty far. off the wall, two runs come in to score. astros put up 11 on the nationals' pitchers. 11-4 is the final. >>> o's against the white sox in chicago this afternoon. top of the fifth, 3-2 orioles. adam jones facing gavin floyd with one on. and jones has been in the flow all season long. gets good wood on this one. his fifth home run of the year. gives the orioles a 5-2 lead. jones 2 for 4 with three rbi in the game. bottom nine now, i

jayson werth broke a scoreless tie in the seventh inning, but the nats' bullpen could not hold on to lead. san diego scored two and went on to win 2-1. the nationals are right back at it tonight as they start a three-game series against the los angeles dodgers in california. the dodgers are on a roll. let's go, hope we'll get back on the winning side. >> we'll take a couple of losds every now and then. doing very well. no complaints. >>> let's check the forecast this morning. got a little wind going out there this morning, tom. >> yeah. a bit blustery. we've had gusts to around 30 miles per hour overnight. it's going to continue throughout the day. a chilly start. here's the hometown network. temperatures around the region, lexington park, 54. fairfax, 49. brandywine, prince george's county, 52. manassas, prince william now also at a cool 52. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:15. lots of sun. the blustery wind throughout the day. near 60 at noontime. ought to hit the low to mid 60s in the afternoon. sunset at 7:57. heading out this evening, clear and chilly. by midnight, down to

one on and two out, and kerry wood walked the next three nationals to force in the tying run, jayson werthcarlos marmol in there with a runner at second and sure enough, ian desmond chunks one off the end of the bat, and the winning run scores 2-1 washington, and afterward the pitchers felt terrible for themselves and for each other. >> when you're plan close like games like that and it is one to nothing. you realize how fast things can change. things can turn around real quick i feel for well in that situation. a bill for carlos. i have been the situation before it is not a fun feeling. >> is frustrating. sampras did for him. frustrated for the guys. >> we hope the white sox have better luck in arlington texas tomorrow. they open against the defending al champs. like the cubs, the sox will not be burdened by elevated expectations. robin ventura's team, by some estimations, isn't expected to win 75 games. after spring training the sox don't feel that way at all. bears signit's been a comfortable month from where we started to where we are right now. they understand me and i understand them

jayson werth ends it.he nationals now a national league best, 13-4, game two against the padres under way as we speak. finally before we let you go, i have to show you the cutest capitals picture i have seen in a very long time. this has to be the youngest caps fan out there, just three months old. it's a picture sent in by wayne miller. it's his grandson, zia jackson. wayne tells me the skates don't exactly fit. he said if the capitals need him, he'll be able in, i don't know, 18, 19 years. >> i'm not sure his ankles with work with those skates. >> he'll grow into them in a couple years. >> he's not going to have a choice from the looks of things. have fun tonight, dan. a lot of us would like to be up there with you. >> reporter: >>> it's not finders keepers if you know who lost it. a philadelphia woman faces theft charges after police say she made off with $2,000 in cash. surveillance video shows a man dropping the money inside a convenience store back on april 1st. once he left, the woman behind him loo

jayson werth, after last season, rough season for him, he went his first three games this year without hit, but now he has six in the last three. are we starting to see him turn a corner? >> i hope so and there's not a lot of criticism because of his -- and there's been a lot of criticism because of his contract he has. maybe he's heard the criticism. peens solid since last night. sometimes that pressure of that -- he's been solid since last night. sometimes that pressure of that contract causes problems. >> starts to mess with his head a bit. okay. so they started hot on the road and now come home. what are you feeling about the team moving forward? >> i think it goes with strasburg. a couple years ago there was that buzz around him and now with the start of 4-works hey, this town likes a winner -- 4- 2, hey, this town hikes a winner. the more they win, the big -- likes a winner. the more they win, the bigger the buzz will be. >> i think the weather will be a lot better than last year. last year was a little cold and rainy. a lot of excitement and buzz. of course, we will be live all

jayson werth handled the offense in the 6-2 win, racking up four hits and driving in two runs. the nats are now 3-2 on the season. they'll look to take the series from the mets this afternoon. go, nats. very exciting. >> go ahead, wrap this puppy up. move on to the next one. coming home on thursday. >> there you go. we've got to get to some games. >> absolutely. >> morning crew outing. >> you paying? >> why -- why do i have to pay? >> sounds good to me. >> you know, i think you should pay. you're the new guy. you pay. >> right behind home plate, okay? it is opening day tomorrow. should be great weather for that. this morning, it doesn't feel like april. all the areas in blue in the 30s. pennsylvania, maryland, virginia, west virginia, in the 30s this morning. and generally above freezing, though, from the shenandoah valley east and from south mountain east in maryland, near 40 in washington. our nearby suburbs only in the mid to upper 30s. we've got winds that are gusting to around 20 miles per hour. and that makes it feel like the 20s this morning. so dress for a winter-like m

jayson werth handled the offense in the 6-2 win. he racked up four hits and drove in two runs. nats are 3-2 on the season. they'll look to take the series from the mets this afternoon. >>> andrew luck will meet with the redskins even though he won't likely ever wear the burgundy and gold. the former stanford quarterback heads to washington from indianapolis where he met yesterday with the colts. indianapolis has said it plans to draft luck with the first overall pick in this year's draft. the redskins will then likely pick robert griffin iii with the second pick. rg3 met with the skins yesterday. >>> one of the biggest names in college football is out of a job. arkansas fired head coach bobby petrino yesterday for what the school's athletic director calls a "pattern of deception and misdeeds." included in that pattern, hiring his mistress, lying to bosses about their relationship, and then lying about the fact that she was a passenger on his motorcycle when the two were involved in a crash earlier this month. petrino moolgz has apologized. he says he has no one to blame but him

take a weird squirt away from jayson werth. a play at the plate.n ramos can't hold on so it's 3-0, astros. jackson goes five innings and gives up five runs. top of the sixth now, no relief at all. a bases loaded double to center. two more runs come in to score. two innings of work. he gives up eight hits and six runs. the nationals fall, 11-4. how important is this next series with the marlins? >> i look at the series as key. when it's early in the year or late in the year you know it's all about how you match up. i think we match up with just about anybody. but the proof is in the pudding. they've got good pitching, a good bull pen. you know, probably a little more pop. in some of their hitters than we do. but we're very similar ball clubs. >> in boston today, fenway park celebrating its 100th birthday. april 12th, 1912 its first game. red sox great play. former sox player and manager, 92-year-old jonny pesky was there. the right field foul pole at fenway park known as pesky's pole. hall of famers carlton fis k and jim rice were there as well. pre

jayson werth draws the walk. tying run comes across to score. we're talking 1-1 through the eighth.e top of the ninth. chad tracy facing carlos mervo. bomb deep right field. the wind at wrigley field playing tricks out there. uh-oh. dude got turned around. ball bounces off the wall. tracy into second with a double. next up ian desmond. lined the pitch to right field. brett carroll in a pinch run for tracy comes home to score. nats take a 2-1 lead. in the bottom of the ninth, cubs runner on third. grounds at third. zimmerman, there he goes. out, boy. go home. we're outta here. nats won, two out now. marlon byrd at bat. pitching for a strike, ah, game over. let's go home. have a day to enjoy it. the next game coming up on saturday afternoon. we're talking moik now. playoff hopes for the capitals rest on the outcome of these final two games. starting tonight at home against the penguins at the least the caps need a win in regulation to stay in control of their own destiny. players know they cannot afford this time to come out flat. >> it's nice to know exactly what it is. we always say

jayson werth break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning.ats' bullpen couldn't hold on to the lead against the padres. san diego scored two in the eighth inning and went on to win 2-1. the nats start a three-game series against the dodgers in los angeles. >>> everybody knows that there is no crying if baseball. >> well, one little boy had a good reason to break that rule, though. in a texas rangers game, a player tossed a foul ball into the stands. take a look. an couple came with the ball. check out the kid next to him. not happy at all. poor guy. the couple posed for pictures with the ball while the little boy kept crying. i guess they didn't see him. eventually a player from the rangers' dugout saw the boy crying and tossed him a ball, giving this saga a happy ending. the boy and the parents will tell their side of the story this morning on the "today" show. >> you know, i think she just whispered to the guy who caught the first ball. i think she said, look, i think we took the ball from the kid. they were -- maybe. >> oh, oh! okay. >> i

but the hero was jayson werth. he slaps a hit up the middle. espinosa scores the game-winning run.nals win 2-1. >>> wizards visiting the knicks. carmelo anthony scored all his points in the first half. the wizards turn the ball over 21 points and lose by 38 points. next up, the wiz take on the cavaliers tonight at verizon center. >>> and later today, caps and bruins, game two. see that action here on news4 at 3:00. that's your morning sports. i'm amber theoharis. have a good day. >>> georgetown has unveiled the successor to jack the bulldog. he's j.j. he's spending his first weekend in d.c. i got a chance to meet this mascot in training. >> reporter: georgetown's newest transfer will be top dog. the hoya blue pep band giving the pup all the pomp and circumstance worthy of the school legend. >> he's so cute. he's been mellow for the crowd. >> reporter: jack jr. but referred to as j.j. jack senior is still the official mascot. but the smaller jack is one step closer to taking the lead once his predecessor is ready to heel. that likely won't be any time soon. j.j. arrived from califor

and then jayson werth with his first home run of the year. nationals on top, 2-0.th, brad lidge to close it out. oh, no, lidge is a little shaky. a two-run shot to the second deck for more sun. a blown save. we are tied at two and going into extras. bottom of the tenth, and desmond at the dish and he delivers. plenty deep, the sac fly, and the throw coming home ain't going to be in time. the nationals win it 3-2 and improve to 12-4 on the season. in seattle, the white sox at the mariners. one out away from the perfect game. the 3-2 pitch to ryan. check swing. that's strike three. the catcher tracks it down and throws it to first and that's the game. chicago wins it 4-0, as that's the first perfect game in two years, and his first career complete game happens to be a perfect one. >> the wizards visiting the heat riding a rare two-game winning streak. lebron james and chris bosh out and resting for the playoffs, and wade would be resting, too. he dislocated his finger. and crawford pummeled by miller. we are tied at 84, and looks like the wizards will blow another ga